Security features bypass in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-1197

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Security features bypass in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-1197

Published: April 6, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61943
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1197
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists in OpenPGP revocation mechanisms, related to compromised keys. When importing a revoked key that specified key compromise as the revocation reason, Thunderbird did not update the existing copy of the key that was not yet revoked, and the existing key was kept as non-revoked. A remote attacker can sign messages with the revoked key and these messages will be displayed as valid and genuine.


Affected software

Mozilla Thunderbird
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages
thunderbird (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1197

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 91.8.0
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:91.8.0-1~deb10u1, 1:91.8.0-1~deb11u1
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 91.8.0-1.el7_9, 91.8.0-1.el8_1, 91.8.0-1.el8_2, 91.8.0-1.el8_4, 91.8.0-1.el8_5
thunderbird - addressed in versions 91.8.0-1.0.1, 91.8.0-1.0.2
MozillaThunderbird - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 91.8.0-150200.8.65.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 91.12.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 91.12.0

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